Miss Yasmeen Pineda talks about her parents’ roots in Mexico, and how they came to live in Cache Valley. She discusses her quinceañera and the ways she (with her family) celebrate her Mexican tradition. She talks about her responsibilities in her...

Mr. Rolando Murillo talks about his childhood in El Salvador, his move to the United States because of the civil war in his country, his studies, his jobs including his current position at Cache Valley Insurance, working with Hispanic clientele, a...

This background paper prepared "for information of the staff of the War Relocation Authority " is marked "Restricted" and "Not for Publication." It begins with a description of Japanese migration to the U.S. and characteristics of the Japanese...

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans

Written and illustrated by residents of Topaz, this 55 page collection of stories and articles recounts the experiences and feelings of the Japanese Americans forced to leave cherished homes, jobs, possessions, and pets for the dusty, stark...

This report contains more than 100 tables and charts detailing statistics and characteristics describing the more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent who were under the jurisdiction of the War Relocation Authority during World War II. Data...

Report describes the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York where 1,000 refugees of various European nationalities were brought to the United States from Italy by order of President Roosevelt in 1944; they were to be returned...

Fort Ontario State Historic Site (Oswego, N.Y.); World War, 1939-1945--Refugees

This report examines the postwar adjustment of relocated Japanese Americans during the 18 months following the closure of the Japanese American relocation centers in 1945. Begun in July 1946, the study was "to analyze the effects of the evacuation...

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans

Congressional hearings in Jan. and Feb. 1944 on several bills, H.R. 2701, 3012, 3446, and 3489, proposing (1) expatriation of Japanese-Americans who under oath expressed loyalty to Japan and (2) creation of a Japanese Deportation Commission. The...

Japanese Americans -- Law and legislation; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

This report examines the phases of the WRA program in relation to legal issues. It is broken into 3 sections: I. The constitutionality of evacuation and detention; II. Legal considerations in the development of center management policies; III....

This report examines how property owned by West Coast Japanese Americans in 1942 was handled when they were forced to go to relocation centers. Table of Contents: Legal Provisions for Controlling the Assets of Enemy Nationals in Time of War;...

Report describes how the War Relocation Authority was established, organized, and managed. It covers in detail the logistics of setting up, staffing, supplying, and then closing the centers. One section covers the agency's records management of...

This report begins by examining how the relationship between Japanese Americans living on the West Coast in 1942 with other residents led to their being singled out for evacuation and placement in relocation centers after the bombing of Pearl...

Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Report describes the War Relocation Program from its inception in 1942 to closure of relocation centers and resettlement of evacuees in 1945. It covers why and how the War Relocation Authority was created, the meeting with state governors in Salt...

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; United States. War Relocation Authority

Report examines the development and function of community government within the relocation centers. It describes early debates on how centers should be governed, problems caused by differences in attitudes and values held by alien Japanese (Issei)...

Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Of the nine final reports written by the War Relocation Authority, this one differs in attempting to give a comprehensive view of the WRA program in its entirety rather than focusing on some particular facet of the program as did the other reports....

United States. War Relocation Authority; Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Describes Japanese migration to the U.S. before World War II, characteristics of the Japanese-American people who settled on the West Coast, the myths and prejudices surrounding them, and how they were treated following the bombing of Pearl...

Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Attitudes; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

In 1980, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians was established to review the facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation of American citizens and permanent resident aliens during World War II and "recommend...

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; United States. War Relocation Authority; Detention of persons -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights

The 14-block-long 16th Street mall serves as the major transportation spine for downtown Denver as well as one of the most-visited destinations of the region. The 16th Street mall extension extrapolates its many resources into new territory....

Annual report of the Cache County Farm Bureau, November 30, 1917, by R.L. Wrigley. June 1, 1917 to November 30, 1917. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Cache County, including reports on irrigation, weed...

Mr. Glenn talks about his childhood and experiences growing up on a ranch in northern Utah and southern Idaho. He talks about his career as a farrier and horse trainer as an adult. Interviewed by Randy Williams on March 5, 2010 at the Glenn Home in...

Mr. Jay Wilde talks about his life living and working on and with the land, and with cattle. He discusses his views on land management, including aforestation, intensive grazing (Allan Savory method). He talks about his cooperation with the Forest...

Summarizes about 22 reports prepared as the result of the cooperative study of the Bear River Basin in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming in the mid-1970s. Describes the Bear River Basin and some of its problems in areas such as economics, recreation,...

Article from Utah Historical Quarterly (v. 73, no. 1, Winter 2004) describes the status of civil rights in Utah about the time of the Brown versus the Topeka Board of Education case ended segregation of public schools. ---- On the surface it may...

The Butterflies of North America. First series by William H. Edwards. With: Synopsis of North American butterflies by William H. Edwards. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1888. The original contains green half calf binding over dark maroon cloth;...

Transcription of the diary of Albert F. Potter, former associate chief of the U.S. Forest Service, describing his activities to survey possible forest reserves in Utah, (beginning with the Cache County area), and noting the conditions of Utah...

Investigates the chemical, physical, and bacteriological quality of the Lower Bear River and its tributaries based on fieldwork done November and December 1955. Provides background data from two earlier reports from 1952 and 1955. Includes map...

This report addresses all aspects of community forestry in regard to 18 states in the Western United States (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa (northwestern), Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon (eastern), South Dakota, Texas (western),...

These pages from Utah State University's yearbooks (1954-1962) reflect the growing diversity of the student population as the University began recruiting African Americans for its various sports teams.

Bear River investigations in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Status report, June 1970. Provides detailed findings from the Bureau of Reclamation's investigations on the Bear River Basin. Describes the Bear River Basin, including climate, land and water...

Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water resource development--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Water resource development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);

June 1943 issue of Trek, a quarterly literary magazine produced by the residents of the Topaz Relocation Center. This issue was edited by Toku Okubo and Nobuo Kitagaki with Mine Okubo as art editor and Alfred Sawahata as contributing artist. ...

Describes the history and extent of the irrigation project of the Bear Lake and River Water Works and Irrigation Company as of 1889. Cities and towns served by the irrigation system included Ogden, Brigham City, Corrinne, Bear River City,...

Autobiography and diary of Mary Ann Weston Maughan from 1817 -1898 . Also included is genealogical information of the Weston family, converstion to Mormon church, descriptions of the immigration from England to America and ultimately to Cache...